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Dropsy

Dropsy Meaning & Definition
Dropsy Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Dropsy?

[n] swelling from excessive accumulation of serous fluid in tissue

Synonyms | Synonyms for Dropsy: edema | hydrops | oedema

Related Terms | Find terms related to Dropsy: abscess | ague | anemia | ankylosis | anoxia | apnea | asphyxiation | asthma | ataxia | atrophy | backache | bleeding | blennorhea | bloat | bloatedness | bloating | blowing up | cachexia | cachexy | chill | chills | colic | constipation | convulsion | coughing | cyanosis | diarrhea | diastole | dilatation | dilation | distension | dizziness | dysentery | dyspepsia | dyspnea | edema | emaciation | fainting | fatigue | fever | fibrillation | flatulence | flatulency | flatus | flux | gassiness | growth | hemorrhage | high blood pressure | hydrops | hypertension | hypotension | icterus | indigestion | inflammation | inflation | insomnia | intumescence | itching | jaundice | labored breathing | low blood pressure | lumbago | marasmus | meteorism | nasal discharge | nausea | necrosis | pain | paralysis | pruritus | puff | puffiness | puffing | rash | rheum | sclerosis | seizure | shock | skin eruption | sneezing | sore | spasm | stretching | swell | swellage | swelling | swollenness | tabes | tachycardia | tumefaction | tumescence | tumidity | tumidness | tumor | turgescence | turgidity | turgidness | tympanism | tympany | upset stomach | vertigo | vomiting | wasting | windiness

See Also | anasarca | chemosis | lump | lymphedema | papilledema | puffiness | scleredema | swelling

Dropsy In Webster's Dictionary

\Drop"sy\, n.; pl. {Dropsies}. [OE. dropsie, dropesie, OF. idropisie, F. hydropisie, L. hydropisis, fr. Gr. ? dropsy, fr. ? water. See {Water}, and cf. {Hydropsy}.] (Med.) An unnatural collection of serous fluid in any serous cavity of the body, or in the subcutaneous cellular tissue. --Dunglison.

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